JASON ROBARDS
Jason Robards
Gender: Male
Known for: Acting
Birthday: July 26, 1922
Deathday: December 26, 2000
Place of Birth: Chicago, Illinois, USA
Biography
Jason Nelson Robards Jr. (July 26, 1922 – December 26, 2000) was an American actor. Known as an interpreter of the works of playwright Eugene O'Neill, Robards received two Academy Awards, a Tony Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, and the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor. He is one of 24 performers to achieve the Triple Crown of Acting.
Filmography
Starring
Self (archive footage)
Ben Bradlee (archive footage)
Self
Joe's Father (video "One")
Self (archive footage)
Self
2000·
Going HomeCharles Barton
Self (archive footage)
1999·
My Best FiendSelf (archive footage)
1999·
MagnoliaEarl Partridge
1998·
Enemy of the StateCongressman Phillip Hammersley (uncredited)
1998·
BelovedMr. Bodwin
1998·
HeartwoodLogan Reeser
1998·
The Real MacawGrandpa Girdis
1997·
TrumanNarrator (voice)
1997·
A Thousand AcresLarry Cook
1996·
The WestSelf - Brigham Young
Narrator
1995·
Crimson TideRear Admiral Anderson (uncredited)
1995·
JourneyMarcus
1995·
My AntoniaJosea Burden
Narrator (voice)
1994·
Baseball(voice)
1994·
Little Big LeagueThomas Heywood
Narrator
1994·
The Enemy WithinGeneral R. Pendleton Lloyd
1994·
The PaperGraham Keighley
1993·
HeidiGrandfather, Großvater
1993·
La Classe américaineThe Newspaper Director (archive footage)
1993·
PhiladelphiaCharles Wheeler
Self
1993·
The TrialDoctor Huld
The King
1992·
When It Was a Game 2Passage Narrator (voice)
Self - Narrator (voice)
1992·
LincolnPresident Abraham Lincoln (voice)
1992·
DeceptionsClay (voice)
1992·
StoryvilleClifford Fowler
Jules Mendelson
1991·
When It Was a Game(voice)
Narrator (voice)
Dr. Armand Hammer
1991·
The Perfect TributePresident Abraham Lincoln
Narrator (voice)
1991·
Mark Twain and MeMark Twain
1990·
The Civil WarUlysses S. Grant
Self
1990·
Quick ChangeChief Rotzinger
1989·
Thomas Hart BentonNarrator (voice)
1989·
ReunionHenry Strauss
1989·
Black RainbowWalter Travis
1989·
Dream a Little DreamColeman Ettinger
1989·
ParenthoodFrank Buckman
1988·
American ExperienceNarrator (voice)
1988·
Inherit the WindHarry Drummond
1988·
The Christmas WifeJohn Tanner
1988·
The Good MotherW. O. Muth
Mr. Hardy (uncredited)
Self
1987·
Breaking Home TiesLloyd Wells
1987·
Laguna HeatWade Shephard
1987·
Square DanceDillard
1986·
The Last FrontierEd Stenning
1986·
Johnny BullStephan Kovacs
Self (archive footage)
1985·
Screen TwoDoctor Huld
Alvin Binder
1985·
The Long Hot SummerWill Varner
1985·
Empire CitySelf - Narrator (voice)
Self / Narrator
1984·
SakharovAndrei Sakharov
Voice
Grandpa Martin Vanderhof
1983·
Reading RainbowSelf - Narrator (voice)
Self - Host
Charles Halloway
1983·
The Day AfterDr. Russell Oakes
1983·
Max Dugan ReturnsMax Dugan
1982·
Night of 100 StarsSelf
1982·
Burden of DreamsFitzcarraldo (archive footage)
President Ulysses S. Grant
1980·
Ghosts of Cape HornNarrator
1980·
HaywireLeland Hayward
President Franklin D. Roosevelt
1980·
Melvin and HowardHoward Hughes
1980·
Raise the TitanicAdmiral James Sandecker
1980·
CaboblancoGunther Beckdorff
1979·
Broadway on ShowtimeErie Smith
1979·
HurricaneCapt. Charles Bruckner
Self
Daniel Larson
1978·
Comes a HorsemanJacob 'J.W.' Ewing
President Richard Monckton
1977·
JuliaDashiell Hammett
Inspector Barkan
James "Jamie" Mills
Ben Bradlee
1975·
The Easter PromiseJames "Jamie" Mills
1975·
Mr. SycamoreJohn Gwilt
James Tyrone Jr.
1975·
A Boy and His DogLou Craddock
1974·
The Country GirlFrank Elgin
1973·
Old FaithfulJason Robards
James "Jamie" Mills
Governor Wallace
1972·
Ghost StoryElliot Brent
Stephen Kozlenko
James "Jamie" Mills
1971·
Johnny Got His GunJoe's Father
Cesar Charron
1970·
Operation SnafuSam Armstrong
1970·
FoolsMatthew South
1970·
Julius CaesarMarcus Brutus
Cable Hogue
1970·
Tora! Tora! Tora!General Walter C. Short
1968·
The Dick Cavett ShowSelf - Guest
'Cheyenne'
Raymond Paine
1968·
IsadoraParis Singer
Dr. Henry Jekyll / Mr. Edward Hyde
Performer
Nelson Downes
Al Capone
1967·
Hour of the GunDoc Holliday
1966·
ABC Stage 67Royal Earle Thompson
1966·
The Face of GeniusNarrator (voice)
1966·
Noon WineRoyal Earle Thompson
Henry Drummond
1966·
Any WednesdayJohn Cleves
1965·
A Thousand ClownsMurray
Abraham Lincoln
1963·
The Danny Kaye ShowSelf
1963·
Act OneGeorge S. Kaufman
1962·
Tender Is the NightDick Diver
Jamie Tyrone
1961·
By Love PossessedJulius Penrose
1960·
The BatDetective Anderson
1960·
The Iceman ComethTheodore "Hickey" Hickman
1959·
Play of the Week1959·
A Doll's HouseDr. Rank
1959·
The JourneyPaul Kedes
Robert Jordan
1956·
Tony AwardsSelf - Winner, Self - Performer, Self - Presenter, Self - Host
1956·
Playhouse 90Robert Jordan
1955·
The Alcoa HourBert Palmer
1953·
The OscarsSelf
Col. Carter
1952·
OmnibusFrank Elgin, Abe Lincoln, Marcus, Dr. Rank
1950·
What's My Line?Self - Mystery Guest
Mason, Joe Grant
1948·
Studio OneLeonard O'Brien, Walter Osgood, Prisoner, Frank Cameron
1948·
The Ed Sullivan ShowSelf